Itochu to Put Ishinomori Manga on N. American iPhones

The Saturday edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) paper reported that Itochu Corporation will release Japanese manga on mobile devices in the United States and Canada. In particular, it will start releasing 30 manga, such as Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009, from manga pioneer Shotaro Ishinomori on the Apple iPhone in October. The service will then add works from Harlequin Comics for a total of 100 titles by next spring. The first chapter of each title will be free, and the subsequent chapters will be US$1.00 each.